Sentences with phrase «welfare programs each year»

A tremendous amount of money is spent on welfare programs each year and recipients benefit more in some states than others.

Not exact matches

A Cascade program that offers jobs to welfare recipients, for example, is responsible for 40 current employees, which saves the state about $ 500,000 a year in benefits payments.

And according to a 2011 report by FAIR, undocumented immigrants cost U.S. and state governments $ 113 billion a year in welfare programs.

Yet it's a welfare program that supports Canadians making as much as $ 112,770 each year.

Venezuela's reserves, which are mostly made up of gold, have fallen sharply this year as the country needs cash to pay off debt and tries to maintain its social welfare programs.

Military pensions and welfare programs are budgeted separately and come to another $ 250 billion a year.

The fact that poverty remains a serious problem in the United States after the federal government has spent $ 22 trillion dollars on social welfare programs over the past fifty years should have taught us all something about the complex problems of empowering the poor.

Except the government spends upwards of $ 668 billion a year on 126 different welfare programs — and that doesn't meet all the country's need.

Has been for 10 years, riding herd on such successful endeavors as the Producemobile, a farmers - market - on - wheels that brings fresh produce to neighborhoods ranging from Englewood to Humboldt Park, as well as the welfare - to - work food - service training program called Chicago's Community Kitchens.

In Japan, a system of lifetime employment in many big businesses, a tradition of employer provided benefits such as housing in many cases, and a wage system in those kinds of businesses where workers receive a substantial share of their annual income in the form of an annual bonus whose size can be used to buffer good and bad years for a company sharing risks and rewards with workers instead of limiting the risks and rewards to an investor class, have contributed to low levels of income inequality in the Japanese economy relative to comparably developed countries with comparable levels of government spending on welfare state type programs in other countries.

It has more civil rights, taxation, welfare, secularism, and government programs now than it did 50 years ago.

, «$ 2.6 trillion could be saved -LSB-...] It's possible to achieve all the budget savings we need for the next 10 years simply by cutting the fat out of discretionary spending programs and tax expenditures [i.e., cutting the corporate welfare] without raising tax rates on the wealthy or cutting the safety net at all.»

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

People who have been on welfare for a set period of time, such as two years out of three, would be referred to the program, which would give them work and both job and life skills training.

The Trump administration is proposing to cut $ 1.7 trillion in welfare programs like food stamps, Medicaid and other benefit programs over the next 10 years.

The bill would modify the Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) program by introducing a five - year limit on welfare payments to individuals.

The NDC 2012 Manifesto states that «This Manifesto is based on the achievements over the last four years, during which period we established firm foundation for delivering a program of economic recovery and sustained welfare for the people of Ghana»

«This Manifesto is based on the achievements over the last four years during which period we established a firm foundation for delivering a program of economic recovery and sustained welfare for the people of Ghana.

Hein also noted that 2017 will be the first year that the county absorbs all of the costs associated with the Safety Net welfare program.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

It's more than enough to fund the state's prison system or its child welfare programs for a year.

Former state Assemblyman Patrick Manning (R - Dutchess County) introduced legislation that same year that would have created a program like the one passed in the welfare reform package.

How has the slashing of social welfare programs over the last 30 years impacted the poor?

Miner says the Milwaukee school system has been watched for years by educators and school officials across the country in regards to private schools, school selection, and welfare, as Milwaukee has the oldest and largest private school voucher program in the nation.

The federal government now spends less than it did about 30 years ago on some of the country's poorest children, the result of cuts to federal welfare programs, according to a new research paper.

As the Hechinger Report has reported this school year, Mississippi routinely rates low when it comes to child welfare and education indicators, despite some promising programs and pockets of success.

More recently, in a 2006 book, conservative intellectual Charles Murray proposed eliminating all welfare transfer programs, including Social Security and Medicare, and substituting an annual $ 10,000 cash grant to everyone 21 years and older.

The organization saves and shelters thousands of animals each year through its famed Red Star ® Rescue program, ensures the welfare of more than one billion farm animals, researches new ways to help children with cancer, veterans and others through animal - assisted therapy, and protects some 100,000 animal actors on television and movie production sets each year through its well well - known «No Animals Were Harmed ®» program.

Each year, we help animal - welfare organizations find lifelong, loving homes for millions of orphaned pets, as well as fund spay and neuter efforts, animal assisted therapy programs and humane education.

Throughout the year, Trupanion members and the Shelter Support Program helped us give over $ 257,000 to nonprofit animal welfare organizations across North America.

As the largest No Kill animal shelter in Kansas City, we care for more than 10,000 animals a year and work collaboratively with Animal Control and other animal welfare organizations to increase the number of homeless pets adopted, and focus on lifesaving programs promoting pet retention, identification, lost pet reunions, and pet ownership education throughout the community.

Darlene Duggan worked for many years behind the scenes at The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago overseeing volunteer programs, problem solving shelter issues, and laboring tirelessly for the welfare of animals.

The nationâ $ ™ s animal welfare organizations are not promoting the only effective model at ending the killing of savable animals in shelters There are some like Alley Cat Allies and Best Friends, which agree with all the programs, but only the No Kill Advocacy Center is promoting it nationally as the key to ending the systematic killing of five million dogs and cats in U.S. shelters every year.

LAS VEGAS - «Canine Care Certified, a national, voluntary program that sets rigorous standards for professional breeders, was developed after three years of research at Purdue University's Center for Animal Welfare Science and was peer - reviewed by animal scientists and canine welfare experts from major academic institutions.»

Best Friends» collaboration with these two shelters led to the formation of the NKUT (No - Kill Utah) Coalition, a group of animal welfare organizations that are continuing the lifesaving programs created over the years.

This year, our north American network of over 700 animal hospitals will be raising money for 50 local companion animal rescues and welfare organizations through our Pennies for Pets program.

They care for nearly 10,000 animals a year and work collaboratively with Animal Control and other animal welfare organizations to increase the number of homeless pets adopted, and focus on lifesaving programs promoting pet retention, identification, lost pet reunions, and pet ownership education throughout the community.

SEE THIS YEAR»S HEROES Nominate yourself or someone who has made a difference in the lives of animals and increase awareness of the life - saving animal welfare programs at the Atlanta Humane Society.

For many years FIREPAW's primary research focus was conducting program evaluations, data analyses and strategic planning of ongoing programs for no - kill shelters and animal welfare organizations across the U.S..

BARC partners with animal welfare groups across the city to find homes for thousands of animals each year through rescue, transfer, foster, and adoption programs.

She has a master's degree in humane leadership, and has worked in the animal welfare field for several years, focusing on volunteer management and adoption programs.

The Wright - Way Rescue Animal Shelter is a non-profit welfare group for pets that seeks to reduce the number of homeless adoptable pets euthanized in the Midwest each year through an adoption program, community education, promotion of spaying and neutering, and a shelter medicine outreach program.

The Cornell Feline Health Center Research Grants Program is a competitive grants program that provides up to $ 75,000 per year for up to two years to researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for the study of health issues that directly affect feline wProgram is a competitive grants program that provides up to $ 75,000 per year for up to two years to researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for the study of health issues that directly affect feline wprogram that provides up to $ 75,000 per year for up to two years to researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for the study of health issues that directly affect feline welfare.

The Year of the Northern Dog is a program aimed at bringing awareness, attention and action to the escalating animal welfare issue in Canada — Northern dog overpopulation.

Over the past 44 years the organization has grown from adopting a handful of animals each year to a full service animal welfare organization and leader in innovative behavior training, medical care, adoption, education and community outreach programs.

Caring Kids Program Animal Haven's Caring Kids Program introduces children ages 5 - 8 years old to basic animal care and informs them about existing issues in animal welfare.

We sponsor and attend dozens of events and programs throughout the year to support our mission and create animal welfare awareness.

Stray dogs nap along a busy road in Thimphu, Bhutan, where Humane Society International recently completed a successful 5 - year street dog welfare program (Photo courtesy Kuni Takahashi / AP Images for Humane Society International).

Pawtographs ®️ is a 501 (c)(3) under the United Charitable organization, championing animal advocacy and creating awareness for animal rescue and welfare efforts for over 100 programs nationwide in its more than ten years of existence.

Passionate about animal welfare, Laurie has worked in the field for 15 years in a variety of areas including adoptions, humane education, volunteer programs and community building, and legislative development.